The death of a minke whale after a kayak team’s dramatic rescue attempt has sparked a row about “ghost” fishing gear. Rescuers battled in vain to save the mammal that…
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Entangled whale dies off East Lothian
Monday, April 29th, 2019A humpback whale was entangled in rope for “weeks, if not months” before it drowned off the coast of East Lothian, a post-mortem examination has found. The young male, which…
Divers hunt ghost fishing gear at Scapa Flow
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
A team of scuba divers will be exploring the wrecks of sunken warships in the seas around Orkney this week as part of a major clean-up of ghost fishing equipment....
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Plastic, warm seas and propellers: the Cornwall turtle
Friday, August 17th, 2018
The leatherback turtle beached on Sunday has revealed the multiple ways mankind threatens marine life. It is a sad tale of our mindless economic progress, says Philip Hoare for The...
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A guillemot’s tale
Monday, April 2nd, 2018
by David Pickett, Flanders Moss NNR Reserve Manager I found a dead guillemot on Flanders yesterday. Odd really as it is a ocean going cliff nester. So why was it...
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Guest Blog: Disentangling a whale of a problem
Monday, December 18th, 2017
In this guest blog, Coastal Communities Network member Ellie MacLennan updates us on her recent trip to the USA and Canada, to understand more about whale entanglement and how this...
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Seal pup cut free from net in Western Isles
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
© British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) A seal pup has been saved after getting tangled up in a length of plastic net in the Western Isles. The five-week-old grey...
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Whale killed by entanglement off Scottish coast
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
A WHALE died off the coast of Scotland as a result of entanglement with a rope – the first tragedy of its kind in a quarter of a century. The...
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